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Everybody loves a good gossip, and none more than politicians—it keeps 'em going

SHEELA REDDY

India's Best Gossips

From Backchat To Netchat

WEST BENGAL: LALGARH

The People, The Enemy?

Take out the Maoists, take back the people. The Left Front has a plan for Lalgarh, but can it overcome past mistakes?

SMITA GUPTA

The Arrows In Our Quivers

OPINION

R.K. RAGHAVAN

House of No Exit

A newer India must extirpate institutional indulgence for corruption

EXCLUSIVE: HAJ
TAKING ACCOUNT

Pilgrim's Regress

Months later, panel asks last year's Hajis to pay some more

DEBARSHI DASGUPTA

MAHARASHTRA: STUDENT RESERVATION

Is This Class War?

On poll-eve, Cong-NCP government gives SSC students a leg up

SMRUTI KOPPIKAR

POLL SUTRA

The Secret Diary Of Rahul Gandhi

Imitation, they say, is the sincerest form of flattery. And boy, am I pleased as punch with Advaniji (or should I say LK uncle)...

AJITH PILLAI

IRAN: POLL PROTESTS

The Revolution, The Hush

Iran may be on the boil but an ever cautious India, mindful of its interests, is refusing to take sides

PRANAY SHARMA

K.C. Singh : Gambit For The Vizier

US: RELIGIOUS FREEDOM

Access Denied

Why is India afraid of a US commission on religious freedom?

ASHISH KUMAR SEN

BUSINESS: RELIANCE

Gasified Assets

An HC ruling on how the Ambanis should share gas raises questions

LOLA NAYAR

OPINION

MALAVIKA SANGGHVI

Stratospheric Chic

High-fliers know their codes on the Mumbai-Delhi business class

HYDERABAD: FRAUD

One-Way Ticket

The online con. Hyderabadis can't say no.

VENUGOPAL PILLAI

OPINION

GOPALKRISHNA GANDHI

Deaf To The Countdown

How long can we live in denial of imminent annihilation?

OPINION

KAUSHIK BASU

Degrees Of Heresy

A member's dissenting note to the Yashpal panel report

TREND: LEARNING SANSKRIT

Wax Sanskritic

Urban young are rediscovering the lure of the classical language

RACHNA BISHT-RAWAT

HEALTH: SWINE FLU

It's Flu-For-All

No screening at the gates where it matters

AMBA BATRA BAKSHI

MUMBAI RESTAURANT

ANVAR ALIKHAN

Pao-Wow!

Where do you get the best vada pao? Dhiraj, opposite Mithibhai College.

HYDERABAD: CONTROVERSY

Fielding Shame

Harassment's indignity visits women cricketers

VENUGOPAL PILLAI

TRIBUTE

ALI AKBAR KHAN

I Become The Rabab

A lodestar of music is no more. A disciple grieves, a devout finds grace.

KEN ZUCKERMAN

MOVIE REVIEW

Paying Guests

Yet another in the line of the silly, mass-produced comedies that have become a norm in Bollywood

NAMRATA JOSHI

10 QUESTIONS

MAHI GILL

Mahi Gill

After Dev D and Gulal, this newbie has secured her standing in the world of serious cinema

LATA KHUBCHANDANI

REVIEW

To Reclaim The Core

India's friable 'system' needs a refit. A few good men cannot cope with its systemic turpitude in vital areas.

Raja Menon on India In Turmoil: Jammu & Kashmir, The Northeast And Left Extremism by Ved Marwah